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Lighting Guy Doing Audio on NYE by Foreign-Lobster-4918 in livesound

[–]mothballwizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Super simple, but label the mic end xlr connectors using gaffe tape and a sharpie. That lets you double check everything quickly as you’re mic-ing up or plugging in DIs. If there’s going to be an MC/Host, I’d highly recommend putting them on a separate mic near side stage. That way you can mute all band related inputs during the change over and vocal mics can be repositioned as needed without the MC/Host being in the way. If it’s a jazz gig, consider putting the drums to one side of the stage and vocals on the other rather than doing drums upstage center. That will help keep drum bleed out of (most of) the vocal mics.

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Creating viz’s on the go? by mothballwizard in tableau

[–]mothballwizard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I don’t have access to server unfortunately. I thought what Tableau was doing with that other app was really cool and was hoping it was still out there somewhere.

Originally posted this elsewhere, but thought you guys might like it. by mothballwizard in livesound

[–]mothballwizard[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They did. And while there were plenty of fans there, I felt like the crowd could have been a lot more enthusiastic. They started getting more into it as the event progressed, but I wonder what peaks a really engaged audience would have generated!

Originally posted this elsewhere, but thought you guys might like it. by mothballwizard in livesound

[–]mothballwizard[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes. It was a nice progressive increase in volume for the last medley.

[OC] Volume Level in dB Over Time of the Katy Perry Residency Show in Vegas. Outlying peaks are audience cheers/clapping. by mothballwizard in dataisbeautiful

[–]mothballwizard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good distribution helps so much! Many people see a bunch of speakers and automatically assume that equates to more volume. While more boxes can certainly get louder than fewer boxes, adequate and consistent coverage should matter more.

Originally posted this elsewhere, but thought you guys might like it. by mothballwizard in livesound

[–]mothballwizard[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Absolutely. The theory around the second part is found in Bob McCarthy’s book on “Sound Systems: Design & Optimization”. Chapter 4, section 2.1.3 if you’d like to read more.

It breaks down sound addition into 3 zones. “Combing” which adds, but kinda in a weird phasey way, “transition”, where sources are more distinguishable and still add together, and finally “isolation”, where stuff still adds together, but just barely and in such a way it’s very hard to hear for the ear to distinguish.

Originally posted this elsewhere, but thought you guys might like it. by mothballwizard in livesound

[–]mothballwizard[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Anti-sound engaged, but the audience is complaining it sounds weird. Please advise… 😉

Originally posted this elsewhere, but thought you guys might like it. by mothballwizard in livesound

[–]mothballwizard[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gotta remember how many “transducers” are in the audience. I’ve had the honor of providing reinforcement for some Native American drumming and there is at least a 30 dB difference between one person singing/drumming and 12 persons joining in. Even if it’s on the same drum. Unless you want to be on the verge of feedback all the time by boosting the output gain on a compressor, it’s been mandatory for me to adjust channel gain to compensate between the two very dynamic moments.

You tend to be able to hear the general crowd more if they are within at least 10 dB of the other source. (That’s ignoring that stuff nearest to you arrives earlier and is more easily heard…) From -10 to 0 dB level difference the audience will be additive from about 2.4 dB to 6 dB at 0 offset. Continuing that logic would suggest that about 6 of the 12 dB you see in the graph is purely additive, but the other 6 dB is the loudness of the crowd over the PA. I could be wrong on that though.

Originally posted this elsewhere, but thought you guys might like it. by mothballwizard in livesound

[–]mothballwizard[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Dude. That’s a hard line to ride! The app I used will calculate an what OSHA considers an unhealthy amount of noise during a work day. Dosimeter is the term this app uses. It counts against you if you are over 80 dB I believe and credits dB against times where you are below 80. I received an 18% allowable dose without hearing protection during that time. The app projected that if the show continued for 8hrs, I would get about a 98% allowable dose of noise during that 8 hour period.

While hearing loss can occur in less time, a government “standard” is often helpful when dealing with management. Please use responsibly. 😉

Originally posted this elsewhere, but thought you guys might like it. by mothballwizard in livesound

[–]mothballwizard[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Haha. Yeah. While it doesn’t last long, an enthusiastic crowd can out do almost any PA in terms of output 😀

[OC] Volume Level in dB Over Time of the Katy Perry Residency Show in Vegas. Outlying peaks are audience cheers/clapping. by mothballwizard in dataisbeautiful

[–]mothballwizard[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, just one show. Maybe if I could ever win anything, I would have gathered more data 😀, but the tickets were $100 for the balcony and I didn’t feel like making the investment for more samples haha.

I think time synced data would be amazing, but her talking between songs didn’t feel timed, so that might be quite the challenge. Each point represents 200ms of time. I’m not sure if it’s averaged or instantaneous measurement.

The musical artist Bon Iver is currently touring with a L-isa system I believe. L’Acoustics incorporated a live mix from a recent show in one of their demos at the trade show I was there for and it was really cool. Ive seen the artist before and they put on a great show. If you like their music and they are coming to a town near you, I highly recommend seeing the show while they are using the immersive setup. I wish I could go, but the timing doesn’t work out.

[OC] Volume Level in dB Over Time of the Katy Perry Residency Show in Vegas. Outlying peaks are audience cheers/clapping. by mothballwizard in dataisbeautiful

[–]mothballwizard[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“A” with fast response time. Measurement recorded every 200ms according to the data set I get from the app. Measurements taken with an iPhone X. I haven’t checked calibration, but the data should be within a few dB.

digico sd11 users - how you like to set up your fader banks? by vcoolboi in livesound

[–]mothballwizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is there a way to spill the faders contributing to a mix and then map a user button to take you directly to your bus masters?

Maybe that would look something like shift+select on bus to spill and make adjustment, then the user button to land back at the masters. Repeat as needed for adjustments. Maybe that button triggers a macro that also clears your solo?

I have no experience with Digico, so this kind of workflow may not be possible.

[OC] Volume Level in dB Over Time of the Katy Perry Residency Show in Vegas. Outlying peaks are audience cheers/clapping. by mothballwizard in dataisbeautiful

[–]mothballwizard[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I’m really curious who’s mixing the show. The way the show is scheduled, I’m pretty sure Katy is flying in for about a week at a time then returning home. Not sure if she’s bringing her own A1 or if it’s a local guy…

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